Another Transitions in iMovie (10.0.7 latest)

I just bought my first iMac (brand new) and see transitions in TEMPLATED movies that are not available in 'from scratch" ones.
I previously was in Windoze-land using Corel's video program with all sorts of transitions, where this iMac comes with very few.
Should I assume that industry-standard plug-ins will not work? How do I add some more (like Apple iMovie Plug-in Pack) and to what folder?
Same for titles. So far, the program is great, but titles and transitions seem too few and not addable.
Is this right?
Thanks for helping the newbie!

Hello vennemec,
If you are looking to work with title text in iMovie 10 (2013), including changing the font or color, you may find the information and steps outlined in the following article helpful:
iMovie (2013): Edit a title
Sincerely,
- Brenden

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2Skip2 wrote:
.... "Does the seperator make a difference …"
the 'standard' separator is the colon ' : '
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2Skip2 wrote:
Karsten, I am lost for words, Thank you very much .... ...
I am interested in knowing where or how you acquired such information. It is a source I obviously need to investigate myself. There must be more unknown hidden gems lerking in there.
oral tradition.
When I started participating here, Karl Petersen was the undisputed iM Mastermind. He knew everything about iM; I never figured out, but I suspect, he was in contact with Randy U's team at Cupertino.
Somehow, we lost him here. I'm not the 'community'-guy, rumors has it, he passed away (not only here).
Second source was/is Daniel Slagle's Unofficial FAQ ... he doesn't maintain it anymore, since the rise of iMovie-b.
Taking a look behind the odds of iM was Lennart Thelander's website (wow, really old school hand-coded!), which listed bugs and gave help for iM-a. Lennart didn't switch to iM-b yet, now avail for about four years - too new for Lennart, too fast development ... so, no news from there.
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We 'combined forces' in the iMovie Output Project when the discussions about interlaced got boring.-
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